Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 16:23:28 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Steve Weaver <sweaver@eurekanet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Panic Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980226162257.655B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <34EA913F.F24E0287@eurekanet.com>
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On Wed, 18 Feb 1998, Steve Weaver wrote: > I've just installed FreeBSD, dual booting with win 95. BSD has its own > drive though. Everything seemed to go smoothly, however once I was able > to boot, I got the error "Panic: Can't mount root" All it does from > there is reboot, and again, and again... Any help would be GREATLY > appreciated! Try this: If you get the message: panic: Cannot mount root At the end of the probe sequence you should either: 1. Have the line: config kernel root on wd2 in your kernel config, OR: 2. Rename the second disk to wd1 in the kernel config (comment out the original wd1 line and change the wd2 line to read wd1, leaving all other parameters unchanged). Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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